STM and DFT study of the Gd wetting layer reconstructions on the Si(0 0 1)-2 × 1 surface

Surface Science

Volumn 582, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 79-89

  Harrison, B C ^a   Ryan, Peter ^a   Boland, John J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Density functional calculations; Gadolinium; Nanostructures; Rare earth (RE) silicides; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Si(1 0 0)

Indexed keywords

EPITAXIAL GROWTH; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SILICON; WETTING;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; NANOSTRUCTURES; RARE-EARTH (RE) SILICIDES; SI(1 0 0);

GADOLINIUM;

EID: 18044392251     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2005.02.043     Document Type: Article

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